South Pole

The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole, Terrestrial South Pole or 90th Parallel South, is the southernmost point on Earth and lies antipodally on the opposite side of Earth from the North Pole, at a distance of 12,430 miles (20,004 km) in all directions.

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NASA Details Its Plan to Build a Lunar Base at the Moon’s South Pole

Psyche’s High-Resolution View of Mars’ South Pole

NASA’s Psyche Mission Sees Mars’ South Pole After Flyby

Chandrayaan-3 "Hop" Experiment Reveals Hidden Lunar Secrets: Scientists Uncover Regolith Heterogeneity at Moon’s South Pole

NASA’s Water-Hunting Tool Will Help Scout Moon’s South Pole

The South Pole Just Moved. Here’s Why

National space agencies are planning to build lunar bases at the Moon's south pole to turn water into rocket fuel as a launch pad to reach Mars and beyond.

Moon's largest crater harbors secret on south pole where NASA astronauts will land

The Moon’s south pole hides a 4-billion-year-old secret

NASA Selects Blue Origin to Deliver VIPER Rover to Moon’s South Pole

NASA awards Firefly Aerospace $177 million for 1st multi-rover mission to moon's south pole

Solar Orbiter's world-first views of the Sun's south pole

We're Finally Seeing the Sun's Mixed Up Magnetism at its Poles

Sun’s south pole revealed for first time, in images from Solar Orbiter spacecraft

These images are the first time we have seen the sun's south pole

First Ever Images of Sun’s South Pole Released by Solar Orbiter

Solar Orbiter Captures the First-Ever Images of the Sun’s South Pole

Conrad Shinn, First Pilot to Land at the South Pole, Dies at 102

There are a Billion Craters Waiting to Be Explored Near the Moon's South Pole

The Chandrayan 3 study revealed that ice is found in the moon's south pole.